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The name of the Association shall be
THE FRIENDS OF BOSTON MANOR.
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The objectives of the Association
shall be to protect the common interests of the park and house and
to encourage local participation in the preservation, management
and development of Boston Manor Park and House and to arrange
practical tasks and events for fund raising
toward the above. |
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The Association shall be non-Party
and non-Sectarian. |
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The qualifications for membership
of the Association shall be:- |
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(a) Open to all interested people in the community and
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(b) By the payment of an annual subscription
that shall become due on 1st January each year |
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The business of the Association
shall be conducted by an Executive Committee consisting of the Chair,
Vice Chair, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary and a number
of members who shall meet as often as the Officers consider necessary.
Six members will form a quorum.
All Officers shall be elected at the Annual or an Extraordinary
General Meeting. The
committee shall have power to co-opt. |
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Each member of the Committee
shall be empowered to accept subscriptions and give an official
receipt, such monies to be handed to the Honorary Treasurer through
the Membership Secretary at the next Committee Meeting after collection.
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A bank account shall be kept
in the name FRIENDS OF BOSTON MANOR; cheques shall
be signed by two of the four following: the Honorary Treasurer,
the Honorary Secretary, the Chair and a nominee from the Committee.
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The Accounts shall be
closed on 31st December for Audit by one member of the
Association who is not on the Executive Committee. All payments shall be made by the Honorary
Treasurer on the authority of the Executive Committee. |
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The Annual General Meeting shall be held in April in each year, of which seven
days notice must be given. |
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An Extraordinary General Meeting may be
called at any time, either by the Executive Committee or by a
requisition signed by at least six members who shall state the
purpose of the request.
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No alteration and/or addition to the Rules
may be made except at the Annual General Meeting or at a General
Meeting specifically convened for that purpose.
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Notice of Motion must be received by the
Honorary Secretary at least ten days before the General Meeting.
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